Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), Havell plate no. 212
Object Number:
1863.17.212
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 9/16 x 29 9/16 in. (54.8 x 75.1 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Adult, left; immature, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
